Sec. 17.
The preceding provisions of this chapter, so far as they relate to the manner of solemnizing marriages, shall not affect marriages among the people called Friends or Quakers; nor marriages among people of any other particular denomination, having, as such, any peculiar mode of solemnizing marriages; but such marriages may be solemnized in the manner heretofore used and practiced in their respective societies or denominations.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 83 ;-- CL 1857, 3220 ;-- CL 1871, 4731 ;-- How. 6221 ;-- CL 1897, 8600 ;-- CL 1915, 11374 ;-- CL 1929, 12702 ;-- CL 1948, 551.17
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (551.1 - 551.18)
Section 551.1 - Marriage Between Individuals of Same Sex as Invalid Contract.
Section 551.2 - Marriage as Civil Contract; Consent; License; Solemnization.
Section 551.3 - Incapacity; Persons Man Prohibited From Marrying.
Section 551.4 - Incapacity; Persons Woman Prohibited From Marrying.
Section 551.5 - Bigamy Prohibited.
Section 551.6 - Repealed. 2001, Act 9, Imd. Eff. May 29, 2001.
Section 551.8 - Repealed. 1983, Act 64, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1983.
Section 551.9 - Solemnization of Marriage; Form; Declaration by Parties; Witnesses.
Section 551.14 - Unlawful Marriage by Person Authorized to Solemnize Marriage; Penalty.
Section 551.16 - Want of Jurisdiction or Authority to Solemnize Marriage; Affect on Marriage.
Section 551.17 - Denominational Modes of Solemnization; Effect of Chapter.
Section 551.18 - Certificates and Records of Marriage as Evidence.